Definitions for seriousness
se·ri·ous·ness

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.3 / 3 votes

1. earnestness, seriousness, sinceritynoun

   an earnest and sincere feeling

2. seriousness, distressfulnessnoun

   the quality of arousing fear or distress

   "he learned the seriousness of his illness"

3. seriousness, earnestness, serious-mindedness, sinceritynoun

   the trait of being serious

   "a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness"- Robert Rice

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1. seriousnessnoun

   a state of being serious

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Seriousnessnoun

   Gravity; solemnity; earnest attention.

   Etymology: from serious.

   That spirit of religion and seriousness vanished all at once, and a spirit of libertinism and profaneness started up in the room of it. Francis Atterbury, Sermons.

   The youth was received at the door by a servant, who then conducted him with great silence and seriousness to a long gallery, which was darkened at noon-day. Joseph Addison, Spectator.

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1. Seriousness

   Seriousness (noun; adjective: serious) is an attitude of gravity, solemnity, persistence, and earnestness toward something considered to be of importance. Some notable philosophers and commentators have criticised excessive seriousness, while others have praised it. Seriousness is often contrasted with comedy, as in the seriocomedy. In the theory of humor, one must have a sense of humor and a sense of seriousness to distinguish what is supposed to be taken literally or not, or of being important or not. Otherwise, it may also be contrasted with a sense of play. How children learn a sense of seriousness to form values and differentiate between the serious and that which is not is studied in developmental psychology and educational psychology. There is a distinction between the degree of seriousness of various crimes in sentencing under the law, and also in law enforcement. There is a positive correlation with the degree of seriousness of a crime and viewer ratings of news coverage. What is or is not considered serious varies widely with different cultures.Sometimes fields studying degrees of seriousness overlap, such as developmental psychology studies of development of the sense of degrees of seriousness as it relates to transgressions, which has overlap with criminology and the seriousness of crimes.

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1. seriousness

   Seriousness is the quality of being earnest, sincere, or deeply thoughtful. It is a state of being serious, which can imply a degree of urgency or importance in regard to a particular matter, behavior or attitude. This can apply to a variety of contexts, such as a serious medical condition, a serious discussion, or a serious person. It usually contrasts with concepts like triviality, insignificance, humor or light-heartedness.

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1. Seriousness

   Seriousness is an attitude of gravity, solemnity, persistence, and earnestness toward something considered to be of importance. Some notable philosophers and commentators have criticised excessive seriousness, while others have praised it. Seriousness is often contrasted with comedy, as in the seriocomedy. In the theory of humor, one must have a sense of humor and a sense of seriousness to distinguish what is supposed to be taken literally or not, or of being important or not. Otherwise, it may also be contrasted with a sense of play. How children learn a sense of seriousness to form values and differentiate between the serious and that which is not is studied in developmental psychology and educational psychology. There is a distinction between the degree of seriousness of various crimes in sentencing under the law, and also in law enforcement. There is a positive correlation with the degree of seriousness of a crime and viewer ratings of news coverage. What is or is not considered serious varies widely with different cultures. Sometimes fields studying degrees of seriousness overlap, such as developmental psychology studies of development of the sense of degrees of seriousness as it relates to transgressions, which has overlap with criminology and the seriousness of crimes.

Matched Categories

1. • Badness
   • Gravity
   • Trait

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How to pronounce seriousness?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say seriousness in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of seriousness in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of seriousness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of seriousness in a Sentence

1. Louis Lopez:

   It really made it really clear and the severity of it, not only that, but the seriousness of it.

2. Police Chief Gorden Eden:

   In imposing the discipline of termination, I considered the seriousness of the acts and omissions, aggravating circumstances and Officer Dear's disciplinary record.

3. Polly Neate:

   The club has a responsibility to look at who it is hiring in high-profile positions, and consider whether a convicted rapist, who continues to protest that he's done nothing wrong and whose case has attracted widespread victim-blaming language, is someone that they want to be representing their brand, it's important that high profile institutions take a stand about the seriousness of rape as a crime, and do not in any way condone the blaming of victims of rape, or participate in a culture which trivializes violence against women.

4. Flannery O'Connor:

   Where there is no belief in the soul, there is very little drama . . . . Either one is serious about salvation or one is not. And it is well to realize that the maximum amount of seriousness admits the maximum amount of comedy. Only if we are secure in our beliefs can we see the comical side of the universe.

5. Carole Lieberman:

   I think her presence in the classroom, given that her past life will undoubtedly be revealed, will be a definite distraction, for one thing, it presents a challenge to men in the class to have sex with her and I guess some women will feel she’s a feminist and they’ll respect her for that. But there will be other women who will look down on her for doing porn and people who think she doesn’t belong there — that it diminishes the seriousness or the status of being a lawyer.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=seriousness
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Seriousness
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=seriousness
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seriousness
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=seriousness
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=seriousness